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Alas exigent circumstances required me to cut my visit short and fly home two days early. Changing my flights was easy since I had used miles, just a $75 change fee. But I had a serious dilemma on my hands, how to choose where to eat for my one final night? The day leading up to the night was...

Today was my day to get wet! Started off early with a walk to Casa Mexicana for my free breakfast, got there right at 7 when they opened. A healthy diver's breakfast of scrambled eggs with mushrooms, chicken breast in a tomatillo sauce, some chilaquiles and potatoes for carbs, strawberry...

For dorks like me who read Playboy for the articles, the July/August issue has a story about an interview with HST that mostly takes place in Cozumel. Fun read.

After a well-needed sleep on the "firm" bed at Bahia, I skipped my free breakfast at Casa Mexicana, but took advantage of the free coffee in the lobby. Walked down to Hotel Barracuda for some more coffee by the sea, and then went to brunch with some friends at Rock 'N Java. This time I had the...

Having suffered through a strict diet for much of this year, a primary purpose of my recent trip to Cozumel was to try out some of the restaurants I'd missed out on over my past trips staying at all-inclusive resorts. I didn't bother to lug my underwater camera rig on this trip but I did have a...

So I was at Kondesa the other night and, as usual when dining alone, I was actively eavesdropping on the conversations of other tables within earshot. After all, it beats talking to myself, not that I'm a boring conversationalist but it gets old knowing what I'm going to say all the time...

This off topic discussion has been split off from this thread http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/cozumel/471618-corporate-foreign-diving-ousts-dive-palancar.html so that searchers may more easily find it. Marg, SB Senior Moderator I doubt you'll find any other dive op that will pick up at the...

This post has been split from this thread http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/cozumel/470217-suggest-good-dm-11-year-old-jr-cert.html in which the OP was looking for recommendations for an op for their newly certified kid. While off-topic, I thought it sufficiently interesting that it merited its...

So for my last day shooting macro in Cozumel, I begged and begged for Columbia Shallows. After a pic-free dive at Cathedral, I got my wish. Roughhead Blenny:

Work has been grueling since I got back, apologies for delay. I may even review the hotel some day. But u/w photos take priority and I couldn't sit on this one for too much longer. Pipehorse sitting on crab.

This day, due to camera issues, I only shot 6 photos. 3 were crap. So I only have 3 to post here. First, another hawksbill, getting tickled under the chin:

Switched to the 105mm. Allows me to shoot from a bit further away, helpful for the skittish creatures, or I can manually focus on the super-tiny stuff but that's not so easy in Cozumel currents. Also, it's slower than the 60mm to autofocus, sometimes the shutter refuses to release and take the...

Rosy Razorfish

No more guessing games.

It sucks to think you have another week off after your return from a very tiring 8 days of diving, drinking, eating, and lots and lots of sun and heat and humidity. Really wanted time to deal with my photos. Not that I shot that many. This trip I decided on shooting macro only, starting off...

And I don't just mean the shock of leaving a vacation isle and diving for the real world, it was really hard to come home. Checked my e-mail yesterday morning. Turns out the Cozumel flight had a change of aircraft, for whatever reason, and there was to be a 2-hour delay. Leaving at 5 pm...

No, not another cheerleading post you say. But I post this not to cheerlead the dive op Living Underwater, just the DM Jeremy Anschel (who happens to own the dive op). Sure, I could go on about the fast, comfy boat with big camera tank, the fact that they handle all dive gear including...

Two room service "American breakfasts" this morning, each with 2 eggs scrambled with cheese, hashbrowns, and toast. Coffee. OJ. Order came in 15 minutes. Value, probably around $20. Two post-dive Dos Equis from the minibar. Then lunch: guac & salsa with chips, tuna sashimi, fettucine with...

Like most everyone else, I resent paying the 3% foreign transaction fee that my United Explorer (formerly Continental World) Mastercard tacks on to foreign purchases. I've considered getting one of the Capital One cards that don't charge the fee, but I'm so used to using my mileage card for all...

So I'm thinking, if Dave and Christi also posted here daily, would that make your posts seem anything less than sheer advertising? Naw, I don't think so. ---------- Post added May 6th, 2013 at 03:34 PM ---------- So that means, to be fair, Dave and Christi should also be able to post their...